Authorities were called to the home on King Street early Monday morning. Officers said two masked men broke into the home, and went into the victim's bedroom where he and his girlfriend were sleeping.

"The males went into the bedroom, pointed a gun at him and demanded the money ... He claimed he didn't have any money and started to get up out of the bed and one of the males shot him in the lower leg with a handgun," said Capt. Paul Toussaint of the Rochester Police Department. "They then continued to demand the money from him and struck him about the head a few times with an object and he ended up giving them a small amount of money and they fled the apartment on foot."

At that time, another roommate, Megan Krook, arrived and confronted the men. Officers said she was able to chase them off, until one of the men turned and pointed a gun at her. The men took off down Court Street.

Krook's boyfriend drove the victim to the hospital.

Police said the victim was in stable condition after being taken to the hospital and treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

"They said that an angel was watching over him 'cause they said if it had hit, I believe like 2 centimeters to the left or something like that, he could have shattered his bone or hit a main artery," said Krook.

Authorities described the first suspect as a white man between the ages of 16 and 25. Police said he was about 5 feet 6 inches tall and 130 pounds. He had blonde hair, and was wearing a light-colored bandanna and hooded sweatshirt.

Police said the second suspect was tall and thin. He was wearing a ski mask and dark clothing.